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  • Publisher:
    ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
    Publication date:
    21 October 2015
    03 January 2007
    ISBN:
    9789812307293
    9789812304247
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    • Subjects:
    Regional and World History: General Interest, History
    Series:
    Local History and Memoirs
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    Subjects:
    Regional and World History: General Interest, History
    Series:
    Local History and Memoirs
    ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
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    This is the long-awaited biography of Malaysia's powerful Home Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, who passed away of a heart attack on 2 August 1973. It is based on his private papers and on numerous interviews with his relatives and with people who knew him well, including Ghafar Baba, Musa Hitam, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Robert Kuok, Lee Kuan Yew and Ghazalie Shafie. New perspectives are provided about the struggle for independence, Malaysia's relationship with Singapore, the origins of Southeast Asian regionalism, the internal conflicts of the ruling party UMNO, MCA-UMNO ties, the fatal illness of Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, the May 13 riots, and the New Economic Policy. This book contains not only new facts about Malaysian and Singaporean history, but also insights into the processes of decolonization and nation building.

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